Fujitsu Limited v. Belkin International, Inc. et al

Filing 357

Order by Hon. Lucy H. Koh granting 350 Stipulation as to Fujitsu Limited's Daubert Motion to Preclude Certain Testimony of Dr. Arthur Brody.(lhklc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/8/2012)

1 COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
Robert D. Fram ([e-mail]) (CA Bar No. 126750)
2 Thomas E. Garten ([e-mail]) (CA Bar No. 247122)
Jeffrey T. Pearlman ([e-mail]) (CA Bar No. 254759)
3 One Front Street
San Francisco, CA 94111-5356
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Facsimile:
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COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
6 Philip A. Irwin ([e-mail]) (admitted pro hac vice)
The New York Times Building
7 620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018-1405
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Facsimile:
[phone]
9 COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
Gary M. Rubman ([e-mail]) (admitted pro hac vice)
10 R. Jason Fowler ([e-mail]) (admitted pro hac vice)
William E. Zapf ([e-mail]) (admitted pro hac vice)
11 Brianne Bharkhda ([e-mail]) (admitted pro hac vice)
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
12 Washington, DC 20004-2401
Telephone: [phone]
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14 Attorneys for Plaintiff Fujitsu Limited
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION

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FUJITSU LIMITED,

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Plaintiff,
v.

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INC., D-LINK CORPORATION, D-LINK
23 SYSTEMS, INC., NETGEAR, INC., ZYXEL
COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, and
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Case No. 10-cv-03972-LHK (PSG)
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
AS TO FUJITSU LIMITED’S DAUBERT
MOTION TO PRECLUDE CERTAIN
TESTIMONY OF DR. ARTHUR BRODY

Defendants.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AS TO FUJITSU’S
DAUBERT MOTION TO PRECLUDE CERTAIN TESTIMONY
OF DR. ARTHUR BRODY

CASE NO. 10-CV-03972-LHK (PSG)

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Pursuant to Northern District of California Civil Local Rules 7-1 and 7-12, Plaintiff

2 Fujitsu Limited (“Fujitsu”) and Defendants Belkin International, Inc., Belkin, Inc., D-Link
3 Corporation, D-Link Systems, Inc., and NETGEAR, Inc., (collectively, “Defendants”) hereby
4 submit the following Stipulation and Proposed Order resolving Fujitsu’s October 18, 2012
5 Daubert motion to bar Defendants’ non-infringement expert, Arthur Brody, from opining that
6 Defendants could not have had specific intent to induce infringement (Dkt. No. 317 at 11).
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On October 22, 2012, Defendants’ filed their Opposition to Fujitsu’s Daubert Motion as

8 to Dr. Brody (Dkt. No. 322 at 16).
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The parties have met and conferred, and have agreed that the motion be resolved as

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THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, AGREED AND REQUESTED that the Court

12 enter an Order providing that Arthur Brody’s opinion regarding Defendants’ specific intent to
13 induce infringement is excluded, unless Fujitsu opens the door by eliciting opinion testimony
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Respectfully submitted,

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DATE: November 5, 2012

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
By: /s/ Robert D. Fram 1

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Robert D. Fram ([e-mail])
Thomas E. Garten ([e-mail])
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
One Front Street
San Francisco, CA 94111-5356
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim
Defendant FUJITSU LIMITED

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In compliance with General Order 45.X.B, I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this
document has been obtained from each of the other signatories hereto.
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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AS TO FUJITSU’S
DAUBERT MOTION TO PRECLUDE CERTAIN TESTIMONY
OF DR. ARTHUR BRODY

CASE NO. 10-CV-03972-LHK (PSG)

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DATE: November 5, 2012

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By: /s/ Duncan Palmatier
Duncan Palmatier (CA Bar No. 116692)
E-mail: [e-mail]
S.J. Christine Yang (CA Bar No. 102048)
E-mail: [e-mail]
Victoria Der-Lung Hao (admitted pro hac vice)
E-mail: [e-mail]
The Law Office of S.J. Christine Yang
17220 Newhope Street, Suites 101 & 102
Fountain Valley, California 92708
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Attorneys for Defendants D-LINK CORPORATION
and D-LINK SYSTEMS, INC.

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WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

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By: /s/ David Enzminger

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David Enzminger (CA Bar No. 137065)
E-mail: [e-mail]
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
333 S. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants BELKIN
INTERNATIONAL INC. and BELKIN, INC.

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DATE: November 5, 2012

REED SMITH LLP
By: /s/ William R. Overend
William R. Overend (CA Bar No. 180209)
E-mail: [e-mail]
John P. Bovich (CA Bar No. 150688)
E-mail: [e-mail]
REED SMITH LLP
101 Second Street, Suite 1800
San Francisco, CA 94105-3659
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant NETGEAR, INC.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AS TO FUJITSU’S
DAUBERT MOTION TO PRECLUDE CERTAIN TESTIMONY
OF DR. ARTHUR BRODY

CASE NO. 10-CV-03972-LHK (PSG)

1 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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DATE:

2012

By: ______________________________________
The Honorable Lucy H. Koh
United States District Court Judge

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AS TO FUJITSU’S
DAUBERT MOTION TO PRECLUDE CERTAIN TESTIMONY
OF DR. ARTHUR BRODY

CASE NO. 10-CV-03972-LHK (PSG)